Mike and Rose, is Jen Morrison the person whose shelter you say you went to? Where was the shelter located? According to zoning laws where Morrison's condo is located, she is only allowed 6 ferrets. She was fined on 5 zoning violations, the original count was 8 but reduced to 5. If there are more than 6 ferrets at the condo, she is again in direct violation of zoning regulations. Morrison also represents herself as a medical professional and in related dealings may be in violation of FEDERAL laws. Jen Morrison has a history of accumulating large numbers of ferrets, more than she can properly or financially care for and several in the ferret community have delt directly with her on ferret issues. Perhaps the shelter you adopted from is not the same as Jen Morrison. When the confiscation in Sept 2001 occurred, the newspaper printed articles about this issue. If you search the archives of the Standard News (www.standard.net/standard/news/) you'll find the articles. The ferret community dug deep into their pockets for this rescue and the medical costs exceeded $10,000 and transportation exceeded $3,000 for 235 ferrets. I'd strongly suggest that anyone that wants to hear what the Animal Control investigators had to say, request a copy of the tape of the hearing. You will then hear that the stench in the condo was so horrible that masks were needed before being able to remove the ferrets from a sweltering hot condo with no air circulation and dark thick coverings over the windows. So as to you not finding evidence, you just haven't looked in the right places. Reading the Standard News articles and ordering a tape of the hearing my provide you with that evidence. Troy Lynn Eckart, F.B.S. Ferret Family Services http://www.ferretfamilyservices.org http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~sprite/ffs.html http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Haven/5481/ Please sign up to support our efforts http://www.iGive.com/FFS [Posted in FML issue 4245]